Medical sports Tai Chi---a new way to promote the develop- ment of the interdisciplinary of medicine and sports

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: Combination of medicine and sports, an important direction for China to actively promote the improvement of national physical quality, is a deep-seated and multi-dimensional organic combination of sports and medicine in sports science, public health, clinical medicine and other related fields. As the representative of traditional Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi, which is widely used in the rehabilitation of diseases with a long history and good compliance, has the functions of fitness, self-defense and health preservation. However, in the integration with medicine, traditional Tai Chi still has some shortcomings, such as complex routines, lack of scientific exercise, and limited promotion. Therefore, to condense Tai Chi thinking from the exercise, integrate with relevant medical concepts and sports methods, form the cross integration of traditional sports and modern medicine, and establish new types of characteristic sports, is an effective breakthrough to help rehabilitated people, people with disease or signs of disease, and the sub-health population recover, to promote national fitness and improve physical fitness.

Methods: in view of the disadvantages of traditional Tai Chi exercise (such as long and complex routines, high professional requirements for movements, weak disease pertinence and irreversible sports injury diseases caused by long-term non-standard practice), we propose a new concept of ‘medical sports Tai Chi’ to scientifically and reasonably integrate Tai Chi and medicine by taking the Chinese Tai Chi culture as the basis and the scientific movement of Tai Chi Boxing as the framework, integrating the relevant medical concepts (such as modern rehabilitation medicine, sports medicine and clinical medicine), and combining experts in the field of sports and medicine to issue prescriptions for specific diseases or sub-health conditions, in order to form a unique training system. We have refined the five characteristics of ‘multi-dimensional training, systematic adjustment; internal and external integration, nourishing the body and replenishing qi; targeting diseases accurately; gambling strengths, short and capable; cultural guidance, physical and mental integration’. Guided by the concept of Tai Chi dynamic balance, meditation and relaxation can promote the adjustment of spirit, emotion and psychology, drive the body with breathing and improve cardiopulmonary function; Improving immunity by virtue of the unique internal Qi cultivation method; By integrating multiple dimensions including musculoskeletal movement, breath adjustment, meditation and consciousness relaxation, exclusive actions can be set for a variety of specific diseases; Taking Tai Chi Boxing as the core, learning from fitness Qigong, Western fitness sports (such as yoga and Pilates), modern sports rehabilitation medicine and other sports methods, short but efficient movements that were consistent with human exercise physiology were screened and arranged for specialized training; The teaching of medical sports Tai Chi imperceptibly spreads Chinese traditional culture, enhances national and cultural self-confidence, and eventually achieves comprehensive improvement of physical and mental health. Professor Bin Xue from Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, together with Jiangsu Provincial Cancer Hospital and the oncology department of Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, carried out an experimental study on Applied Rehabilitation for tumors; the research on the specialized ‘medical sports Tai Chi’ exercise project for congenital heart disease was carried out with Guangzhou Children's hospital, the perioperative children with congenital heart disease received Tai Chi exercise rehabilitation training. 7 targeted movements combined with respiratory training were designed for children over 5 years old, through home training, pre-rehabilitation before operation, in-hospital rehabilitation and rehabilitation after discharge, forming the whole cycle exercise rehabilitation integration of congenital heart disease. Meanwhile, a series of international cooperation has been carried out in Chile and Portugal.

Results: In recent years, Tai Chi Boxing guided by ‘medical sports Tai Chi’ has been popularized in the rehabilitation of different diseases and among the people, specific training policies and plans have been set for various groups and has made achievements. There are clinical studies that support Tai Chi exercise therapy for patients during perioperative period, radiotherapy and chemotherapy or advanced cancer: it can improve sleep disorders, immune function, lymphedema, quality of life of patients after modified radical mastectomy (for breast cancer) or radical gastrectomy (for stomach cancer or colon cancer), and improve cancer-related fatigue, immune function, negative emotions in lung cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma during radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In the specialized ‘medical sports Tai Chi’ exercise project, Tai Chi exercise rehabilitation training improves the compliance of children with congenital heart disease during perioperative period, and is conducive to improving their cardiopulmonary function; The comprehensive intervention of Tai Chi exercise can help improve physical and mental health, including improving vital capacity, cardiopulmonary function, reducing body mass index, etc., which is conducive to enhancing physique, preventing disease, cultivating sentiment, and inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture. However, at present, the masses have insufficient understanding of the exercise mode with "medical sports Tai Chi" as the core, lack of theoretical and interactive, and need further development.

Conclusion: Developing a new model of medical and sports integration with unique Chinese characteristics - ‘medical sports Tai Chi’, by promoting the in-depth intersection of sports and medical disciplines, combining experts of sports and medical, we should establish and promote characteristic medical and sports Tai Chi exercise prescriptions for different diseases, help to implement the national policies of "integration of sports and medicine" and "integration of sports and health", create a brand-new medical and sports model to effectively ensure national fitness, build a new model of sports promoting health. By spreading the excellent core of Chinese culture, we will not only adjust our physical and mental health, but also greatly enhance our cultural self-confidence. Since then, we will continue to promote international exchanges and cooperation, promote "medical sports Tai Chi" to the world, and ultimately achieve the synchronous improvement of physical quality and cultural concepts, national self-confidence and scientific self-improvement, so as to help China's development.